Chapter Twenty-Six: Lutou Pass
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Xiao Xiao Ban Ma Ming, the sunset banner wind. Although the New Year has just passed, other places are full of joy, but up and down the Lutou Pass at the junction of East and West Sichuan, there are flags covering the sky, guns and halberds are like forests, and there is a solemn atmosphere.
"Jiangsuo Shuanglongtai, Guanxiong Wumahou, Yizhou is like the heart, here is a small throat," Lutou Mountain, the east foot of Naluojiang County and the Wenjiang River, the west foot touches the Mianyuan River (known as the Mianyang River in ancient times) and the Mianzhu Ancient City (the west bank of the Mianyuan River in the west of Lutou Mountain, now the border of Yuan's hometown in Jingyang District, Deyang City) across the water, the Rib River is in the east, and the Mianyuan River is around in the west; The flow of the east is poured into the water, and the water of the west is gathered in the plain as the Tuojiang River, because of this, the mountains and mountains are divided between the east and the west by the ancient court because of the different directions of the rivers on both sides, and the unique location makes it the "gateway" of the north of Shudu and the famous ancient battlefield of Sichuan.
"Enjoy the shadow of the mountain, and summon the soul of the falling road", during the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Zhan, the son of Zhuge Liang, was here to block Deng Ai's strange soldiers, after Zhuge Zhan was defeated, Deng Ai's army approached Ruocheng (now Guanghan, Sichuan). Shu Han had no danger to defend, and the queen and his cronies had no fighting spirit, so they hastily adopted the strategy of Zhou Zhou and sent an envoy to surrender. It can be said that the victory or defeat of Lutouguan determines the fate of Chengdu. Liu Pi Jinshi was born and read poetry and books, so he naturally knew the importance of Lutou Pass, so he sent the general Qiu Liangfu, his son Liu Fangshu and son-in-law Su Jiang to lead an army of 30,000 to guard Lutou Pass. And Xing Zhu, who was defeated from Dongchuan, relied on his clever tongue and the merits of bringing back four or five thousand sturdy soldiers, but he was only scolded by Liu Pi, and he was still able to lead an army of 20,000 as backup.
An army of 50,000 people gathered around the Lutou Pass, defending the danger. Qiu Liangfu sat on the stage of Zhuge General and said with great ambition:
"If Gao Chongwen wants to break this level, it is absolutely impossible."
"Everyone, please see, this is the defense map of Lutou Pass. After breaking the deer head pass, we will be able to point directly to Chengdu. ”
On the huge sand table in the big tent of the Chinese army, Gao Chongwen said to the generals standing around the sand table. The appearance of the sand table made all the generals of the Gao Division, whether it was the former Changwu Army and Li Yuanyi, the generals of the Western Army of Beijing who saw it first, or the old generals of Dongchuan who were attached to Gao Chongwen after he became the deputy envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, were all amazed, because many generals were illiterate at all. It was too laborious to explain the overall terrain to them, but now with the sand table, it is clear at a glance. If it weren't for the strict prohibition, many people would be tempted to touch it with their hands.
After Gao Chongwen served as the deputy envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu, the Dongchuan army that had been shrinking all over the country was ordered to assemble in Zizhou and incorporate Gao Chongwen's subordinates. Looking at the more than 10,000 elite soldiers, Gao Chongwen shook his head and sighed, secretly scolding Li Kang for being a waste.
At this time, the head of Li Kang, who was called waste, was still hanging in Zizhou for public display. Just after the New Year, Gao Chongwen was enjoying the pleasure of being appointed as the deputy envoy of the Jiannan Dongchuan Festival and the governor of the festival, and a carriage sent Li Kang to the city of Zizhou. easily lost Zizhou, it is not certain whether the emperor will pursue him, no matter what, Li Kang will not pose any threat to Gao Chongwen, so Gao Chongwen still received Li Kang very politely.
Unexpectedly, Li Kang was more wasteful than Gao Chongwen imagined, as a party of Jiedu to lose his own territory, and it was not a shame to be taken away from the bed, Li Kang's trip was actually to be a lobbyist for Liu Pi, to convey Liu Bi's admiration for Gao Chongwen, and persuaded Gao Chongwen to let Liu Pi go, and jointly maintain the peace between the two rivers, Liu Zhixichuan, Gaozhi Dongchuan, the two wells do not violate the river water, and will always be a brother's town. Gao Chongwen didn't expect people to be so shameless, so he reprimanded with a straight face:
"The general of the defeated army will even lose the city, and what face will speak for the thief."
As soon as the order was given, a sergeant stepped forward and dragged Li Kang out, and as soon as a cannon rang out, Li Kang's head had already been presented.
Xichuan has always been proud, Dongchuan is close to Xichuan, and it is also proud, just like the people of Shanghai are proud now, and regard all places except Shanghai as the countryside, while Suzhou Wuxi regards going out of Shanghai and places other than themselves as the countryside, and the pride is inexplicable. Therefore, although many Dongchuan generals are not good at fighting, they do not look down on the Changwu Army very much, and they are not very obedient to Gao Chongwen, and some people even openly ridicule Gao Chongwen for being teased by Xing Zhu, completely forgetting his turtle-like performance when facing Xing Zhu. When these people saw Li Kang's bloody head in the big tent, they suddenly realized that the person sitting in the manager's position was the current actual ruler of Dongchuan, and he would kill people. Even the former festival envoy dared to kill, let alone himself. It seems that in an instant, Gao Chongwen also had absolute authority in the Dongchuan Army, and the resistance to the reorganization of the Dongchuan Army disappeared at once.
Originally, Gao Chongwen was the new official who took office, and the New Year had just passed, so he could delay in Zizhou for a while and then attack Xichuan, but after he came to conquer Zizhou, Gao Chongwen rested for more than a month, and felt that he needed to loosen his muscles and bones, and the tide in Shu was warm, and there was no time limit for fighting; And Li Yu sent an envoy to tell him:
"If you can't open Xichuan within two months, I will send Liu Shu to replace you."
Liu Shu is the strategic envoy of Longxi, all the generals in Guanxi Gao Chongwen are not in his eyes, only Liu Shu makes Gao Chongwen afraid, because only Liu Shu's soldiers and horses are as strong as his, this kind of naked threat obviously caught Gao Chongwen's sore feet, so Gao Chongwen hurriedly expressed his position, and as soon as the day passed, he urged the soldiers and horses to kill in Xichuan. At this time, Gao Chongwen already knew that there were people in the imperial court in Xichuan who specialized in collecting intelligence, and the deer head pass defense map on the sand table in front of him was their masterpiece.
The soldiers and horses have not reached the Lutou Pass, and the enemy army is detailed, and the general's character is already known, which is a good omen. Looking at the undulating deer head Guan sand table, Gao Chongwen's eyebrows covered his eyes again.
"Exploring the Malay report, Gao Chongwen has raised troops from Zizhou, and the brigade will be able to arrive at Lutou Pass tomorrow. I heard that Gao Chongwen's soldiers and horses recuperated in Zizhou for more than a month, and after a fat year, it was the time when people were arrogant and lazy, and they came from afar, and the soldiers must be tired, I intend to personally lead 20,000 soldiers and horses out of the customs tomorrow, defeat Gao Chongwen in one fell swoop, and force him back to Dongchuan, can the two have doubts? ”
In the end, Xichuan's characters are literary and graceful, and although Qiu Liangfu is a military general, he also has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, not like a general, but like a scribe. However, this general is much more resolute than Xing Jun. At this time, the two people sitting opposite Qiu Liangfu, one is Liu Pi's son Liu Fangshu, and the other is Liu Bi's son-in-law Su Jiang, Qiu Liangfu is the main general guarding Lutou Pass, and the two also feel that this analysis is very reasonable, so they both agreed. Seeing that the two had no objections, Qiu Liangfu clapped his hands and said:
"In this way, tomorrow I will lead 20,000 soldiers and horses out of the pass to attack the enemy, and the two will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard the pass. Tomorrow, defeat Gao Chongwen in one go! ”